Sinsen is a mixed residential and commercial area in Grünerløkka borough of

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. The westernmost part of Sinsen is part of the borough Nordre Aker. The Sinsen Interchange, located on the border between the boroughs of Nordre Aker, Grünerløkka and Bjerke, was the first

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in Norway. It has since developed into a multi-lever intersection, with both Ring 3, National Road 4 and the Sinsen Line of the

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routes around. "North of the Sinsen Interchange" is common expression in the Norwegian district debates, where inhabitants of Oslo are accused of being ignorant of the country north of the interchange. The expression cropped up in

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s during the 1960s, and is probably due to that Sinsen then was the end point for the main road leading into Oslo from the north. The area is served by the Sinsen Line of the

. The Oslo T-bane serves the neighborhood at

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, while the Gjøvik Line serves the area at Grefsen Station.

The name

The neighbourhood is named after the old farm Sinsen (

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''Sinnsin'', from ''*Sinnsvin''). The first element is the

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of ''sinn'' n 'road', the last element is ''vin'' f 'fungible'. The area was an important crossroads also in old times, where the road from the bottom of

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ramified into the road east to Romerike and north to Maridalen/ Hadeland.

References

Neighbourhoods of Oslo {{Oslo-geo-stub